Wildest White House Animals

The White House has been a literal zoo over the years, making the now standard Presidential puppy look boring and safe.

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Abraham Lincoln had a pig named Fido

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Woodrow Wilson had a tobacco-chewing ram with a flock of sheep to keep the grass down.

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William McKinley had a Mexican double-yellow-headed parrot.

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James Buchanan had Elephants, a gift from the King of Siam.

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John Quincy Adams had an Alligator.

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Martin Van Buren had two tiger cubs, a gift from the Sultan of Oman which Congress made him to send to the zoo.

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Calvin Coolidge had a pygmy hippo.

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Teddy Roosevelt had a literal zoo which included a lion, hyena, wildcat, coyote, five bears, two parrots, zebra, barn owl, snakes, lizards, rats, roosters and a raccoon.

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Mrs. Louisa Adams (wife of John Quincy) had silkworms.

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Hands down the wildest creature to live in the White House, Richard Milhous Nixon.

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